Guy plows through traffic on Grosebeck

[Russix]

They do equip cars with an E-brake so if you drive 10-15 mph you can usually make stops on your way home to fix your brake lines. Atleast my 25 year old car came equipped with this innovative technology[[you can see it in the Dream Cruise today!).

[downtown_racine]

Being a gear head, racer and auto mechanic it is easy for me to figure out what to do in a situation like that and yes it is very hard to lose all brakes. He probably only had front brakes to start with the rear brakes probably leaked and were capped off and his front line finally blew or the master ran out of fluid rendering all brakes useless.
He could have turned off the engine, cars stop pretty quick then and you do retain steering if you dont turn the key to LOCK.
It sounded like he put it in park at the end when I heard that loud ratcheting noise.

A 17 year old Chevy truck in the rust belt has more than likely has had its parking brake cables rusted solid for the better part of ten years rending it useless.
Parking brake BTW not "emergency brake". A.K.A.